N. Korea celebrates rocket-engine test

It claims space-program breakthrough

Photographs by AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

People watch a TV news program showing an image, published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper, of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the country's Sohae launch site, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2017. North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country's space program.

Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports

Originally published March 20, 2017 at 03:13a.m., updated March 20, 2017 at 03:13a.m.

TOKYO -- North Korea has conducted a ground test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine that leader Kim Jong Un is calling a revolutionary breakthrough for the country's space program, the North's state media said Sunday.